Rowntree: Simple fixes for Munster but players must control the controllables

Both accrued losing bonus points but Graham Rowntree was scathing in his post-match comments at Rodney Parade following Sunday’s 23-17 loss to Dragons, their first to the Newport side in seven years.

RESULT NEEDED: Munster Head Coach Graham Rowntree. ©INPHO/Bryan Keane

Graham Rowntree has insisted Munster’s early-season woes are simple fixes but individual players need to react better if the province is to get back to winning ways this Saturday.

Head coach Rowntree will lead his side at home for the first time since taking the reins from predecessor Johann Van Graan when Munster host Zebre Parma in the BKT United Rugby Championship at Cork’s Musgrave Park on Saturday evening but he will do so on the back of two deeply disappointing performances and defeats at Cardiff and Dragons.